Combat air ‘mass’

Following the retirement of the RAF’s Tornado GR4 fleet at the end of March, Air Power Association President, Air Marshal (ret’d) Greg Bagwell CB CBE examines how changing fortunes have affected the size of the service’s combat air element and asks: how much is enough? Commander’s Update Briefing A Typhoon FGR4 pair from No 1435 Flight passing over West Falkland during a routine training flight from its Mount Pleasant base. An RAF Typhoon FGR4 pilot from No 3 (Fighter) Squadron